One More Bug: The Eternal Lie

Titanic Technical debt Deadlines Developer lies Project management Bug fixing Feature creep Legacy code Broken promises

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One More Bug: The Eternal Lie

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The legendary "one more bug" lie that's older than version control itself. Every developer knows that fixing "just one more bug" is like saying you'll have "just one potato chip." Fast forward 84 years and you're still knee-deep in spaghetti code, wondering where your youth went. The project manager is still optimistically putting "almost done" on the sprint report while the codebase has evolved into its own sentient entity with trust issues.

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